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Yeah Mike, looks like you are right with the manual. Same old crap as the D3. Must be the lame tuner they use.

That really sucks. Looks like I may keep my 5120. I could of sworn somewhere JasonH said the Sirius display was the same as XM.

good news guys!

yeah what's the point of not carrying it through to all aspects of being hands free!

Question for Jason: Can you tell from the manual whether or not the Sirius interface shows two lines of text (using the SB10 and Sirius SCC1) or just one like how it does with the D3. I plan on getting the 90BT next week ASAP and would like to have Sirius but will go back to XM if the interface for Sirius is still crap. Thanks.

I second this.

Holy newbies! Read people!

Man, between this and the new iphone I will be really broke.

Where did you put the mic? Also did you hook up the speed sensor wire?

Best thing about these pics is the car it's in.

This would be great if it was new info. Right now we are Engadget for the F-Series. News is on here 1st!

Looks like it still starts in May depending on what model. The one in- dash says 5/27. Can't tell which ones they are though.

So what is the status from Crutchfield?

Thanks for the update!

Did you guys see the F900BT being sold on eBay? Guy has 10 of them. Or he says he does.

CamelTowing, you're my hero. Nice pics! Much better than the same crap on all the Pioneer sites.

Vastmax, why would you want the click wheel to work? Seems that would be difficult to use while driving.

Wonder if the new series will display HD Radio better too? That was a complaint with the D3 and the GEX-P10HD tuner.

I dont know if any of you have realized the main drawback to the AVIC-F700BT. If you look at the europe site http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/10/2 ... index.html you will see that there is only 1 pre-out for your (S/W). They kinda Snuck it in there. This is the reason why I will have to go with the AVIC-F900BT. I wanted to ask if anyone has msrp pricing for all the units in the US yet, and if there is anyone on the web that shows them for sale or pre-sale.

Why the heck would you want just a subwoofer preout?

 

Also there is some indication that these units will not support DIVX on release. Seems pioneer decided at the last minute to remove that feature because on codec licensing issue. It appears they will support .avi and quicktime as an alternative.

That would suck.

 

There are also differences in the way the GPS works and updates between the 700 AND 900/90 models. The 700 uses GPS only but the 900/90 use GPS and speed sense. Ideally the 900/90 will be a little more accurate. Also the 900/90 will have 3D landmark icons. And the 90 is the only unit with 3 hivolt preouts and comes with the ipod cable.

Not a big deal. My DNX5120 doesn't have speed sense and it works fine. 3D landmarks, whoopee.

If the F700 only plays CD's, how do you play the navigation DVD on it?

Doesn't use navigation by DVD. It's flash based inside the unit.

 

I have to agree about the DVD part. Even with it bypassed, I never watch movies on my 5120 nor with the D3. My biggest thing about these new ones is the voice control for the iPod (I am forever trying to scroll through my 20,000 songs) and the bluetooth control as well. The MSN Direct has me sold on the 900BT though.

So you are paying $250 for MSN Direct then. Seems to be steep since you have to pay a monthly fee too.

I think the F700 is the best deal. After having a D3, Kenwood DNX5120, do I need a dvd player? No, not in a Mustang. I put a divx file on a cd or sd card, good enough. If I was going to get a dvd one it would be the Premier. For $100 more you get some nice extras IMO.

Has any anyone seen or heard how the interface for the new F-series will look like?

 

I have the D3 right now and one of my biggest issue is the lack of information displayed on the Sirius screen.

 

I have looked at all screen shot and I can’t seem to find one for the Sat. radio.

According to JasonH, yes it's been fixed. Page 2 of this thread.

I hope the 1.5 million POI is just for Europe!

How about this one instead. That screen looks great! http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/10/20/AVIC-F900BT/media.html

son of a, I just installed the DNX5120, this looks sweet. They took care of stuff missing on the D3.